Pc Update

[jehovah]

FFS you lot, stop reading the Daily Mail.

[conradthewoollyllama]

Do you suggest we switch to the Daily person? Or the Daily non gender specific?

[oldmanxfella]

Manhole cover

 

Woman hole cover would be so much more offensive really ....

[Pat Ayres]

Manhole cover

 

Woman hole cover would be so much more offensive really ....

 

It's actually an access cover. 99.99999% of the time it's a bloke that will use it to clean whatever is down there, why do we do this? Admit it that men do most of the dirty jobs and call it a bloody manhole. This PC that is reported in the likes of the Mail and Express is just journalists being lazy and making it up to fill pages.

[manshimajin]

'Man on the street' is offensive to women

A spokesman said: "We introduced the guide because as community leaders we must be aware of what modern society requires of the public sector. This includes the sensitivity of various individuals and groups, and current thinking in society in general.

Well I think 'modern society' could tell the 'spokesman' very quickly what is required of the public sector:

 

"do things that are really useful for the person man in the street in the fastest possible time at the lowest possible cost"

 

I recall a row in Ireland when they wanted to appoint an 'ombudsman' - the PC mob got red in the face and demanded that the word be changed to 'ombudsperson'. Their efforts came unstuck when someone at the Swedish Embassy pointed out that the term 'man' in Swedish includes both men and women which is why they used 'ombudsman' in the first place. The Swedes felt it was very politically impolite for the PC mob to start messing around with a language they didn't understand. Ireland has 'ombudsmen'.

[bluemonday]

Clicky

 

Yet another classic

[kevster]

Manhole cover

 

Woman hole cover would be so much more offensive really ....

 

There is a story that Rachel Heyhoe-Flint - one time English Womens Cricket team, was once asked if women used the same groin protection as the men did. "Yes" she replied, "But we don't call it a box, we call it a man hole cover."

[Lao]

the correct use of language should not be scorned upon, how you word something can affect the response you get.

 

That said, the reasons behind any changes made in the use of words and phrases should be sensible and well reasoned to avoid knee-jerk reactions from the public.

 

the reason given here is not well reasoned and fully deserving of the indignation it has received.

 

The phrase "man on the street" should not be used in case it offends women

 

the above reason is weak, apologetic political correctness for political corectness' sake.

 

in my opinion a better argument for the change could have been:

 

the phrase "man on the street" could be better replaced by "the general public" when used by officials in documents or when speaking to the public/media because the terminology is more all encompassing and will avoid confusion for people who's don't speak English as a first language. (remember you are speaking as a representative of government/industry/etc not having a conversation with someone in the pub)

 

as for the "Marking in red ink banned in case it upsets schoolchildren" it actually makes a lot of sense when you read it. encouraging teachers to highlight mistakes in one color and things that are well written in another means that each student will know what is incorrect, but also sentences and phrases they used which have covered the subject matter succinctly. then the student can use the good highlight areas as a quick revise when revisiting old information when studying for tests.

[gazza]

what is the world comeing to,

[Sebrof]

FFS,

 

Next it will be a 'Ploughpersons Lunch' and not a Ploughman's Lunch.

 

What utter PC bollox.

 

Ploughperdaughter's, please.

 

S

[Bombay Bad Boy]

FFS,

 

Next it will be a 'Ploughpersons Lunch' and not a Ploughman's Lunch.

 

What utter PC bollox.

 

Ploughperdaughter's, please.

 

S

Ploughperoffspringwhomaybeadoptedbutinthateventwillstillbelegallyrecognisedandlo

vedastheirownchild

[jimbms]

HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT WOMEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT:

 

1. She is not a BABE or a CHICK - She is a BREASTED LADY.

 

2. She is not a SCREAMER or MOANER - She is VOCALLY APPRECIATIVE.

 

3. She is not EASY - She is HORIZONTALLY ACCESSIBLE.

 

4. She is not DUMB - She is a DETOUR OFF THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY.

 

5. She has not BEEN AROUND - She is a PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED COMPANION.

 

6. She is not an AIRHEAD - She is REALITY IMPAIRED.

 

7. She does not get DRUNK or TIPSY - She gets CHEMICALLY INCONVENIENCED.

 

8. She does not have BREAST IMPLANTS - She is MEDICALLY ENHANCED.

 

9. She does not NAG YOU - She becomes VERBALLY REPETITIVE.

 

10.She is not a SLUT - She is SEXUALLY EXTROVERTED.

 

11.She does not have BIG BOOBS- She is PECTORALLY SUPERIOR.

 

12.She is not a LADY OF THE NIGHT - She is a LOW COST PROVIDER.

 

 

HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT MEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT:

 

1. He does not have a BEER GUT - He has developed a LIQUID GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY.

 

2. He is not a BAD DANCER - He is OVERLY CAUCASIAN.

 

3. He does not GET LOST ALL THE TIME – He INVESTIGATES ALTERNATIVE DESTINATIONS.

 

4. He is not BALDING - He is in FOLLICLE REGRESSION.

 

5. He is not a CRADLE SNATCHER - He prefers GENERATIONALLY DIFFERENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS

 

6. He does not get FALLING-DOWN DRUNK - He becomes ACCIDENTALLY HORIZONTAL.

 

7. He does not act like a TOTAL ASS - He develops a case of RECTAL-CRANIAL INVERSION.

 

8. He is not a MALE CHAUVINIST PIG - He has SWINE EMPATHY.

 

9. He is not afraid of COMMITMENT - He is MONOGAMOUSLY CHALLENGED

 

10. He is not RANDY - He is SEXUALLY FOCUSED

[pongo]

FFS,

 

Next it will be a 'Ploughpersons Lunch' and not a Ploughman's Lunch.

 

What utter PC bollox.

 

Ploughperdaughter's, please.

 

S

 

This is academic since nowhere decent would still serve a meal called a ploughman's lunch. The ploughman's lunch is an example of ye olde half-timbered bogus traditionalism which was conceived by marketing people.

 

Balderdash & Piffle

 

Ploughman's Lunch: The OED had no evidence for this before 1970. With help from Wordhunters, this has now been pushed back to 1960, when documents uncovered at the National Archive from the Milk Marketing Board reveal that the Ploughman's Lunch was invented as a marketing ploy to sell British cheese in pubs.

 

In reality it's the sort of non meal which sums up catering in the 1970s. You could come up with a meal which might have many of the typical components - but calling it a ploughman's lunch would be a mistake, since the name has so many bad connotations. Unless you were deliberately trying to attract people with fond, or neutral, memories of a particular type of 1970s food (which was almost invariably prepared by people who did not know how to cook).

[Sebrof]

In reality it's the sort of non meal which sums up catering in the 1970s. You could come up with a meal which might have many of the typical components - but calling it a ploughman's lunch would be a mistake, since the name has so many bad connotations. Unless you were deliberately trying to attract people with fond, or neutral, memories of a particular type of 1970s food (which was almost invariably prepared by people who did not know how to cook).

 

Since a ploughman's lunch is just bread and cheese with a pickle and some salad, it would be a waste for it to be prepared by a cook.

 

And as they are composed of nice natural ingredients, they are both tastier and more healthy and nutritious than most forms of fast food you can buy.

 

So you can be as snobby as you wish about the humble ploughman's, but there is really nothing much wrong with them.

 

I can only assume that you are some sort of limp-wristed quiche-eater. Now there's a 70s catering cliche that I am happy to see the back of.

 

S

[Bananaman]

I can only assume that you are some sort of limp-wristed quiche-eater. Now there's a 70s catering cliche that I am happy to see the back of.

 

S

 

 

Only girls eat quiche. Real men eat flan.

 

 

 

 

 

Fact.